The Golden Phoenix and Other French-Canadian Fairy Tales

From our neighbors to the north comes this exciting collection of eight French-Canadian fairy tales, stories the French colonists brought with them three hundred years ago. Young American readers will meet many fabulous people, including the bold and resourceful Petit Jean, a probable ancestor of our own Paul Bunyon. Here are all the best ingredients of fabledom: the crafty Sultan who almost--but not quite--outwits Petit Jean; the wicked princess who is properly punished for her deceptions; the handsome prince who is turned into a fox by the evil fairy. Stories include "The Golden Phoenix," "The Princess of Tomboso,""The Fairy Quite Contrary,""Scurvyhead,""Sir Goldenhair,""The Fountain of Youth,""Jacques the Woodcutter,""The sly Thief of Valenciennes."